Money no object: rethinking payment in the arts – in pictures

In her latest project,
Money no Object, artist-maker Heidi Hinder explores the idea of completing financial transactions through physical gestures, such as a hug, handshake, high-five and dance.

By combining craft and technology, Hinder thinks the project could find an alternative to payment systems in cultural institutions, "reinventing the clear plastic donations box you often see in museum foyers". There's potential, she says, for visitors to load up devices with credit at the entrance to spend throughout the building, adding emotional value to the ways we pay